#239D8A#239D8A

#239D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.106 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239D8A
RGB	rgb(35, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -36.81, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 36.82, 178.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.1061 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.106 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3353, 26.3041, 28.2034)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239D8A #9D2336

analogous

#239D4D #239D8A #23739D

triadic

#239D8A #8A239D #9D8A23

tetradic

#239D8A #4D239D #9D2336 #739D23

square

#239D8A #4D239D #9D2336 #739D23

split-complementary

#239D8A #9D2373 #9D4D23

monochromatic

#0D3932 #186B5E #239D8A #2ECFB6 #5FDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#239D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#239D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239D8A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239D8A	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.106 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baac',
    500: '#239d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239d8a;
$custom-light: #73baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.656,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62742,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239D8A

secondary

#C05C6B

accent

#415BE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #239D8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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